knock up

英 [ˈnɒk ʌp]

美 [ˈnɑːk ʌp]

敲门唤醒; 匆匆准备或做某事

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 草草做成（或建成）；匆匆拼凑成
  If youknocksomethingup, you make it or build it very quickly, using whatever materials are available.
  1. Could you possibly knock me up some scrambled eggs?...
     你能尽快给我弄个炒鸡蛋吗？
  2. Any water-skiing enthusiast can knock up a pair of skis in a few hours.
     任何一个滑水爱好者都能在几小时内做成一副滑水橇。
• PHRASAL VERB 敲门唤醒
  If youknocksomeoneup, you knock on the door of their bedroom or of their house in the night or in the morning in order to wake them up.
  1. He went to knock Rob up at 4.30am.
     他凌晨4:30去敲门唤醒罗布。
• PHRASAL VERB 使怀孕
  If a womanis knocked upby a man, she is made pregnant by him.
  1. When I got knocked up, the whole town knew it.
     我怀孕时，整个镇子都知道了。

英英释义

verb

• make pregnant
  1. He impregnated his wife again
  Synonym:impregnatebang upprang up

双语例句

• Knock up a meal for an unexpected guest
  为不速之客匆匆准备一顿饭
• Except for the persons she had gone to knock up, everyone was present.
  除了她刚才去敲门叫唤的那些人之外，其余的人都来了。
• We'd like to employ you on this newspaper, but the person we appoint must be able to knock up copy-can you do that?
  我们想雇你为这个报纸工作，不过我们所任作的人要能够准备付印的稿件&你能干得了这件事吗？
• Living Bomb doesn't knock up all targets in the air anymore.
  活体***不会再将所有目标炸飞至空中。
• Even though they weren't expecting us, they managed to knock up a marvellous meal.
  他们虽然没想到我们要来，但还是设法匆匆做了一顿丰盛的饭。
• My shoulder is a bit swollen due to the knock I picked up against the post yesterday evening but with some treatment it will soon recover.
  我的肩膀由于在昨晚与门柱相撞有些肿胀，但经过治疗后很快就会康复。
• We're very sorry to knock you up at this hour.
  很对不起，在这个时候敲门。
• Knock up a bed out of some old pieces of wood
  用几块旧木头拼凑成一张床
• I was always telling my friends that being raped would be the worst thing that could happen to anyone. Knock up against an old friend
  我过去和朋友们常说：一个人遭遇的最坏情况就是被人强奸；偶然遇见一个老朋友
• Run for the doctor and knock him up.
  快去请医生，把他叫起来。